The Passion Play (1903)

Directed by Lucien Nonguet, Ferdinand Zecca. With Madame Moreau, Monsieur Moreau. 1. THE ANNUNCIATION.

A complete reproduction of the "Life and Passion of Christ," as enacted annually since 1816 by the peasants of the mountain town of Horitz, Bohemia.

Vie et Passion du Christ (Life and Passion of the Christ) is a 44-minute French silent film that was produced and released in 1903. As such, it is one of the earliest feature-length narrative films.

The tomb is here seen, with the great stone rolled away. Outside are two soldiers who have been guarding the body of Jesus. Near the door stand two angels with outstretched wings, invisible to the guards. Mary Magdalene is seen approaching the tomb. She discovers the body of Jesus has been carried away and beckons to Peter and John, who come to the tomb, and stand looking therein. The angels ...

From Internet Archive: La Vie et la passion de Jesus Christ is a 1903 French silent film directed by Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca, and is believed to be the first feature film to have colorized sequences. Colorization was achieved using the Pathecolor/Pathechrome stencil-based film tinting process, which had been invented around 1903 by Pathe Freres, one of the most important and innovative film companies in history. The film itself is a straightforward telling of the story of Jesus Christ, but does include some events usually omitted in films about Christ, like the Transfiguration. La Vie is filmed using a

La Vie et la passion de Jesus Christ is a 1903 French silent film directed by Lucien Nonguet and Ferdinand Zecca, and is believed to be the first feature film.

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